The Oasis and The Island

Chapter 18 - In Sickness and in Health

It was not hard for Jennie to avoid a more intimate contact with Lisa. When they arrived at their apartment, Lisa was still weak and pale. Jennie took her to bed with the help of Jisoo. She was glad Lisa survived what she could only call as the biggest scare of her life. She got a list from her doctor with all the orientation of Lisa's do's and don'ts, and all of the food recommended. After Lisa was falling asleep, Jennie went to the grocery store and followed through the list for some health and caffeine free meals. They both needed to eat better.

The other thing that was worrying her, was the insurance problem. She called Sungmin, her company lawyer, and told him all about the case. He promised to take care of that, telling Jennie that it was not so serious as she thought it would be.

Back in home, Lisa was still sleeping. Jennie smiled seen a very peaceful expression on her face. She took Lisa's phone and called her boss, telling him about Lisa's incident and her need of the 2 weeks rest. The man was concerned about Lisa, but much more worried about the troubled to find a replacement for her.

Later, she helped Lisa to take a bath at the tub, proud of herself for not look at her girlfriend like a piece of meat. Lisa took advantage of the opportunity to tease Jennie and her well behavior.

"Wow, Cupcake, who'd know you could behave so well around your naked girlfriend?" Lisa said in her mocking voice while Jennie was outside the tub, brushing her back.

"You talk like I'm some sort of nymphomaniac." She huffed.

"You know that I'm no saint, but you have something extra going on there. Are you ok?"

"Yes I'm fine. You are the one that need attention, not me."

Lisa pulled Jennie's free hand and kissed it. "Thank you."

Jennie took a deep breath and inclined her head, giving a gentle kiss on Lisa's lips. It was the first time she was kissing her since the incident. Lisa kissed her back, shedding a tear she didn't know it was there in her eyes.

"Don't you ever do that again with me." Jennie said pulling from the kiss and resting her forehead on Lisa.

"I promise." Lisa said in soft tone. "No more energy drinks." She sighed. "...and sex on the beach."

"I'm sorry." Jennie said in a guilt tone.

Lisa chuckled. "I kind of like it. Not the dizziness and crazy heart part, but it was really good before that. You were on fire, and I love that."

Jennie pulled away from Lisa, brushing her back again "Alright, I'm doing so well, let's just keep it that way, ok?" She said in a high pitchy tone.

"Ok." Lisa said with a small laugh.

At night, Jennie insisted on been the big spoon while cuddling Lisa. Her girlfriend didn't mind at all.

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Jennie was having a small panic attack at her lawyer office. Well, her company lawyer, anyway. He called her in that morning, 2 days after the incident, with the results of her consultation.

"Well, Jennie, I got to say, your case is kind of peculiar." He said after ruffling through some papers.

"Why you say that?" Jennie could not avoid the concerned tone.

"Just let me explain the implications of what you did. Yes, it's fraud, but you can and you will claim you had a temporary lack of judgment due to the stressful moment."